Reflective Journal1 : Are fishing nets a serious threat to whale populations?

WWF has found that around 300,000 whales, dolphins and porpoises are killed each year by catching them by fishing nets . This translates to nearly 1,000 cetaceans killed each day in fishing nets. By catching them is when other species are caught up in fishing gear. It has been revealed as one of the greatest global threats facing and whales. When whales, which breathes air, get caught up in the nets, they often get trapped underwater and drown. More than 300,000 dolphins, and whales were killed every single year because they were got tangled up in fishing gear. One particular type of fishing gear - gillnets - is doing the most damage. These nets are difficult for dolphins to see or to detect with their sonar, so they may become tangled in the netting or in the ropes attached to the nets. United States had just introduced a modified fishing gear, which is able to reduce by catch of dolphins, porpoises and whales to one-third of its previous levels. Unfortunately very few of these successful measures have been transferred to other countries, progressing to reduce by catch has been slow or nonexistent.
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Taken from > http://wwf.org.au/ourwork/oceans/whales/
> http://wwf.org.au/news/n213/